Phill Wilson

Phill Wilson is the founder and executive director of the Black AIDS Institute. The institute is a training and mobilization center focused exclusively on black people. Its mission is to stop the HIV/AIDS pandemic in black communities by engaging and mobilizing black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront HIV. The institute conducts trainings, offers technical assistance, disseminates information and provides advocacy from a uniquely black point of view.

Prior to founding the Institute, Wilson served as the AIDS Coordinator for the City of Los Angeles from 1990 to 1993, and as the Director of Policy and Planning at AIDS Project Los Angeles from 1993 to 1996. He was co-chair of the Los Angeles County HIV Health Commission from 1990 to 1995, and was an appointee to the HRSA AIDS Advisory Committee from 1995 to 1998. Wilson was the coordinator of the International Community Treatment and Science Workshop at the last four International AIDS Conferences. Wilson has been involved in the founding of a number of other AIDS service organizations and community-based organizations, including the Chris Brownlie Hospice, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the National Minority AIDS Council, the Los Angeles County Gay Men of Color Consortium and the CAEAR Coalition. Wilson has published articles in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, the Los Angeles Weekly, Essence, Ebony, VIBE, Jet, Poz, HIV+ and Arise. Wilson was recently named one of the "2005 Black History Makers in the Making" by Black Entertainment Television (B.E.T.). He currently lives in Los Angeles with his partner, Mark Schoofs.

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